Can Any Of Us Even Get Drunk

[mikangirl]

Who: Space Bar staff and special guests
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Space Bar!
When: One fine night after closing

[The Space Bar staff made good use of the ever-replenishing alcohol supply at their last stop, and Nami and Remy got around to discussing the idea of testing various experimental mixes to come up with new additions for the menu.  I mean, add to that Nami hasn't made a decision which one of the applicants should take the main bar job, so clearly the best idea is to shove them all into one place and ply them with alcohol while they talk to each other and work it out after that.

No, it's a good idea.  Shut up.

...okay.  It may just be a good excuse for a party.  Sue her.]



((ooc: this is a mingle!  It's open to job applicants and regulars who hold their liquor and their plus ones.  If you think that might mean you, you're more than welcome here!))

Comments

[watermarks]

[ She is right! Katara is here to support a friend, mock a brother, wave at people, drink something non-alcoholic, and then possibly drive that very drunk brother home, depending on how the night goes. Either way, she won't be in here too long. ]

Pretty good! I just dropped in to see how Ben was doing, [ she raises her glass - does the bar serve soda? because then it's pretty obviously soda in her glass, ] and get a drink. But it's a good chance to meet new people too.

[ Also, Nami looks less tired than the last time Katara saw her, so that's good. ]

[mikangirl]

[She's getting there. Sam helped take up the slack a bit after he caught her napping in the kitchen.]

You hungry? We sell food behind here too, though it's nothing fancy.

[She sees that soda and notes it.]

[watermarks]

[Katara shakes her head.] No thanks, I had dinner. And I'm going to leave to practice in a little bit.

[ So, no bending on an overfull stomach. ] It seems like you've got a pretty good crowd here! Is it always this busy?

[mikangirl]

Only on our busy nights. [Grin. And then qualifying--] Maybe two nights a week, or special occasions. The Fleet's not big enough to fill out one bar every night, let alone two.

Practising... waterbending? [She assumes.]

[watermarks]

[ She nods, hand going to her waterskin. ] But I'm going to ask Sokka to make a bo so that I can keep practicing with that too.

[ She says this as though Nami already 1) Knows about it and 2) Would be interested in hearing about it, because it's hard to remember sometimes that she really is talking to a stranger, and not her friend. ]

[mikangirl]

Oh, you fight with a bo?

[Look at this fresh interest. She didn't pick you as the sort to wield a weapon at all, given the whole waterbending thing.]

[watermarks]

[Oh. Well. Heh.

She smiles a little wryly.]

I learned where I was before. Sokka made me a collapsible staff, but it didn't come with me.

[mikangirl]

[Hmm.]

I'm sure you know already I fight with a staff.

[Leading comments 101.]

[watermarks]

[Oh. Emotions flitted over her face and she wasn't sure what was the best path to take.

...oh, screw it. She gives a little, conspiratorial smirk.]

Who do you think taught me?

[That would be you. Because you're awesome.]

[mikangirl]

Really?

[Honestly her eyes light up.] I've never taught someone before-- or well, obviously I have, but-- [To her memory it's never been something anyone needed from her.] Ahh, I'm kind of annoyed that I can't remember. I bet we had fun.

[watermarks]

[ Oh good. That reception was a relief. She didn't know how to handle this, exactly, but she was just doing the best she could. ]

We did. If you ever want to spar sometime, I'd love to be able to practice with you again. ...you know, once I get a bo.

[mikangirl]

No problem there. I have a spare. I'd be happy to practice with you! [Honestly, it's a wise move for Nami, too.] How good did you get?

[watermarks]

Good enough that you didn't hold back when we sparred.

[So. You know. Pretty darn.

A moment of hesitation, then:] we also worked on combining attacks with the water you could make with your climatec and my bending.

[mikangirl]

...huh, that's not a bad idea. And I do have the climatact here, even though it took forever.

[watermarks]

Oh, it didn't come with you?

[mikangirl]

Nobody's did. Well, unless they were an innate kind of thing, like-- [She gestures at Katara.] In some cases, people just commission new ones, but ... climatact was one of a kind. Getting it back was annoying.

[watermarks]

[ Yeah, that sounds like it sucks. ]

What did you have to do?

[mikangirl]

They told me I could submit an application to retrieve it, so I did. I mean, I didn't expect anything to come of it, but... a few months later, they sent me one piece of my weapon with a note apologising that the rest was held up in "Customs". [Complete with air quotes.]

I had to win the second piece from some stupid anniversary party on the Marsiva months later. And I found the third piece as my "prize" from hunting through a temple on a water planet some months after that.

[She was fury incarnate for a while there. The amount of hours she had to put in to win enough tickets for that second piece was ridiculous.]

[watermarks]

...that... sounds... incredibly frustrating. [Her brow furrows.] But at least they eventually gave it back - and all the parts, too, nothing missing? It works?

[mikangirl]

Yeah, it's all fine. It needed a little recalibration, but nothing that ironing the kinks out in a field test wouldn't fix. That's how I became better friends with Sokka, you know. [Grin.] I posted a warning to avoid an area and he wanted to come see what I was doing.

[watermarks]

[She blinks.] He did?

[Katara groans, one hand coming up to her forehead. Sokka, why?]

[mikangirl]

[She laughs at that reaction.] Relax. He asked first, so I waited for him to arrive and then gave him a safe demonstration.

[watermarks]

[She thinks about that for a moment and then lowers her hand to give Nami a smile.]

He must have been so impressed with what you can do with that technology. I bet he asked if he could have one.

[mikangirl]

He was very impressed! It was nice to have such an audience, honestly.

[watermarks]

Good, I'm glad he wasn't too much of a bother.

[A quick smile.] And I'm glad you got it back and that it's working. I wonder why they bothered to keep it from you in the first place if they were only going to give it to you later?